Today's NYT Connections hints and answers (June 17, 2025): All puzzle answers

Today's NYT Connections puzzle challenges the community once again to sort 16 words into four groups, each linked with four themes. With only four chances to figure out the answers, solving the puzzle can be tricky. Thus, many players often look for hints that can help them decipher the names of the categories and save their winning streak.

This article provides certain subtle hints that can help you figure out the names of the NYT Connections puzzle categories of June 17, 2025. Read on to explore more.

Today's NYT Connections hints (June 17, 2025)

All hints for today's New York Times Connections puzzle are provided in the table below:

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All words for the New York Times Connections puzzle for today (Image via The New York Times)

Categories	Hints
Yellow category	You must book them in advance for every vacation.
Green category	These words relate to keeping up even when the going gets tough.
Blue category	These tech problems are very annoying.
Purple category	These represent some of Disney's most popular characters.

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Answers for NYT Connections puzzle (June 17, 2025)

The table below has the answers to the Connections puzzle for June 17, 2025:

All the answers for today's New York Times Connections puzzle (Image via The New York Times)

Categories	Answers
Yellow category	These are Things to book for a Vacation. The words are Car, Hotel, Flight, and Tour.
Green category	These words mean Mettle. The words are Fight, Spirit, Resolve, and Grit.
Blue category	These are Bad Things for a Website to do. The words are Freeze, Quit, Glitch, and Timeout.
Purple category	These are Figures in Classic Disney Animated Films. The words are Elephant, Marionette, Fawn, and Mouse.

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